Award-winning UK playwright, teacher, University tutor, writer-in-residence and arts blogger Fin is a graduate of the MA Writing for Performance programme at...

February 2013 In Battalions, my report into how Arts Council cuts are affecting new play development, written for Ed Vaizey and the DCMS, has been keeping me...

I have a regular blog over at www.finkennedy.blogspot.co.uk Unfortunately I'm not clever enough to work out how to embed it here. But here is a taster of...

In Battalions is a report into the effect of Arts Council cuts on theatres' capacity to develop new plays and playwrights, which I wrote at the start of 2013....

Noble Cause Corruption by Fin Kennedy An afternoon play for BBC Radio 4 Transmitting: Tues 5 March, 2.15pm DI Maxine Boyd is a newly promoted police...

I have many years' experience devising and delivering playwrighting workshops and after-school clubs for young people aged 14-19, as well as writing plays for...

I have been a regular visiting tutor on the MA Writing for Performance at Goldsmiths College since 2005. I am also an occasional guest lecturer at Boston...

I am an occasional contributor to Guardian theatre blogs, as well as publishing articles about my own work on my blog at www.finkennedy.blogspot.com My...

From 2007-2010 I was playwright-in-residence at Mulberry School for Girls in Tower Hamlets, East London. For three of those years we took plays to the Edinburgh...

In 2011, I was appointed Associate Artist at Tamasha, along with a colleague from Mulberry School, filmmaker Tanya Singh. Together, we teamed Tamasha up with...

What makes you who you are, Charlie? A name? An address? A random collection of experiences, a few memories? You are who you can prove you are. You are what...

Do you ever wonder to yourself just what the hell we think we're doing?' A tough political play about our crumbling social fabric and the people who have to...

We're da Two Wise Men an dis is how it goes We chat about da issues dat need to be exposed Cos out there on road fings is reachin overload There's a bomb in...

Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you. A young man in care rolls a dice ... and with the flash of a knife changes forever the life of a...

You have to state it. Out loud. For the record. Unstated is a powerful story based on the true testimonies of the men and women who seek refuge in the UK....

This time, we’re going properly into the forest. With Uni over and adult life about to begin, four young friends leave the city behind to re-live the school...

The finest stories, like the finest fabrics, are nothing less than lessons in living. In an east London fabric shop, a dying mother challenges her daughters to...

East London is built on secrets They hide in hoods, gutters, drops of rain In tower block stairwells Or trickling out of drains… A pillow fight on a tower...

Culture is not a pick and mix. Life is not a buffet. It is a samosa. Every ingredient in harmony with every other. Then carefully wrapped and sealed from prying...

Sleep in the day, come out at night. That's when I reckon y'see the real East End. East End Tales is a series of nine stories inspired by photos and news...

I can save you. You just need to believe. An afternoon play for BBC Radio 4. Illusionist Caesar Price has reproduced nearly all of the miracles of Jesus...

A sneak preview of some new plays in development... Broken Stones That's why you're here, right? You want to be the hero. In an anonymous suburban...

Most of my plays are published by Nick Hern Books and are available to buy or order from their website, or from online retailers or most bookshops. Click on...

I usually give interviews, if you ask nicely. Here are some previous ones. To arrange a new one, get in touch: finkennedy@yahoo.co.uk Fin Kennedy's...

I'm an award-winning playwright. Oh yes I am. Here's what I won and when. 2009 Scotsman Fringe First Award for The Unravelling 2008 Brian Way Award...

I'm represented by Joe Phillips at Curtis Brown Ltd. That's him up there. You can reach him on 020 7393 4459 or joe@curtisbrown.co.uk Please contact him for...

Adopt-a-Playwright is an innovative award set up by OffWestEnd.com founder Sofie Mason - she claims, inspired by a conversation with me! (ie. a writer's moan I...

All this costs money I'm afraid. Here's how much. For professional play commissions at Writer's Guild/ITC rates (valid as of June 2011): £7,650 for a play...

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